(P/B) COLLECTED STORIES

Παρουσίαση

In these hauntingly beautiful stories of abandonment and vengeance, extreme situations lead to disturbing conclusions. A missionary is sent to a place so distant he finds his God has no power there; a husband abandons his wife as they honeymoon in the South American jungle; a splash of water triggers an explosion of violence; and a boy's drug-induced transformation leads to cruelty enjoyed and suffered. Masterfully written, these are chilling tales from sun-drenched and brutal climes. (From the publisher)

"Paul Bowles has had few equals in the second half of the twentieth century" (Gore Vidal)

Περιεχόμενα

Introduction by James Lasdun
By the Water
The Echo
A Distant Episode
Call at Corazon
The Scorpion
Under the Sky
At Paso Rojo
You Are Not I
Pages from Cold Point
Pastor Dowe at Tacate
Tea on the Mountain
How Many Midnights
The Circular Valley
The Delicate Prey
Senor Ong and Senor Ha
The Fourth Day Out from Santa Cruz
Dona Faustina
The Successor
If I Should Open My Mouth
The Hours After Noon
The Frozen Fields
Tapiama
A Thousand Days for Mokhtar
The Story of Lahcen and Idir
He of the Assembly
A Friend of the World
The Hyena
The Wind at Beni Midar
The Garden
The Time of Friendship
Afternoon with Antaeus
Mejdoub
The Fqih
Reminders of Bouselham
Istikhara, Anaya, Medagan and the Medaganat Things Gone and Things Still Here
Midnight Mass
Here to Learn
The Eye
The Waters of Izli
You Have Left Your Lotus Pods on the Bus
Allal
The Dismissal
Madame and Ahmed
Kitty
The Husband
At the Krungthep Plaza
Bouayad and the Money
The Little House
The Empty Amulet
Rumor and a Ladder
In the Red Room
Massachusetts 1932
Tangier 1975
Julian Vreden
Hugh Harper
Unwelcome Words
New York 1965
An Inopportune Visit
In Absentia
Dinner at Sir Nigel's
Too Far from Home